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US20080259456A1
US20080259456A1 US11/922,166 US92216606A US2008259456A1 US 20080259456 A1 US20080259456 A1 US 20080259456A1 US 92216606 A US92216606 A US 92216606A US 2008259456 A1 US2008259456 A1 US 2008259456A1
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  • the invention concerns a security document comprising a transparent security element which is arranged in a window or in a transparent region of the security document and which has a transparent structure layer and a diffractive relief structure shaped into a first surface of the structure layer.
  • DE 197 29 918 A1 discloses a security and/or value-bearing document which at different locations has a security feature and a verification element, wherein the verification element is disposed in coincident relationship with the security feature in order to establish the authenticity of the security feature.
  • the verification element is disposed in a window of the security and/or value-bearing document and contains optical elements such as for example lenses, cylindrical lenses or Fresnel lenses which permit verification of the security feature. It can also be provided that the verification and the security element form moiré structures or colour changes when disposed in mutually superposed relationship.
  • DE 100 40 785 A1 describes a security system in which in incident light, outside the carrier plane, a first security element reconstructs a hologram whose encrypted information is rendered readable by a second security element which is moved into the plane of the hologram by folding the security element.
  • DE 101 290 939 A1 describes an optically variable surface pattern with relief structures for producing at least two representations which can be separately perceived by a viewing person and which upon production of a copy by means of a colour copier, are all transferred on to the copy.
  • WO 03/059643 A1 discloses a diffractive security element with integrated optical waveguide.
  • DE 102 54 499 A1 discloses a layer arrangement having a structure which produces a lens-like effect and which has an optical-diffraction action.
  • the film has a carrier layer and a replication layer, wherein a diffractive relief structure is introduced into the replication layer for orientation of a liquid crystal material.
  • EP 0 012 375 A2 describes an identification card comprising a plurality of layers which have security features in the form of grating images and the card core of which has a window into which is fitted a grating image carrier for the grating image.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a security document which is inexpensive to manufacture and which solely by viewing a window of a security element deploys an optical effect which is striking to the observer and which is typical in respect of authenticity.
  • a security document comprising a carrier substrate and a transparent security element which is arranged in a window or in a transparent region of the carrier substrate and which has a transparent structure layer and a diffractive relief structure shaped into a first surface of the structure layer, wherein in a first region of the structure layer a first relief structure is shaped into the first surface of the structure layer, which is in the form of an asymmetrical diffractive relief structure with a period length of up to 20 ⁇ m and an alphanumeric and/or graphic information or representation which is visible for a viewer on a front side and/or a rear side of the security element, wherein in respect of the first surface adjoining the structure layer are one or more layers which are in the form of reflective transparent layers and/or are in the form of transparent layers having a refractive index difference >0.2 in relation to the structure layer so that both the light incident on the front side of the security element and also the light incident on the rear side thereof is diffracted in the first region by the first relief structure and
  • the transparency security element does not have to be transparent locally everywhere but only appear substantially transparent to the viewer.
  • an asymmetrical diffractive relief structure in incident light Such a relief structure has a sawtooth-shaped periodic configuration, wherein the two sawtooth flanks of a period differ significantly from each other in terms of their slope.
  • the relief structure within a period is therefore of an asymmetrical configuration.
  • the one flank is of a finite slope and the other flank is of an infinite slope.
  • the asymmetrical relief structure involves a different optical appearance when viewing the front side and the rear side.
  • the asymmetrical relief structure disposed in the first region of the security element is visible from the one side by virtue of diffraction of the incident light, and invisible from the other side. This can also involve a clear difference in brightness which the diffractive relief structures can have with a differing viewing direction.
  • the first region may not be visible in transillumination. Accordingly it can also not be copied with an optical copier.
  • the relief structure of the first region is a diffractive asymmetrical relief structure with a non-constant spatial frequency
  • the relief structure can admittedly be visible from the front side of the security document and also from the rear side thereof, but nonetheless when viewed in incident light, for each side, it exhibits a different optical effect, as is described in greater detail hereinafter.
  • a non-constant spatial frequency is synonymous with a non-constant period length for the spatial frequency is inversely proportional to the period length.
  • a second region of the structure layer has a second relief structure which is in the form of an asymmetrical diffractive structure and the configuration of which is formed substantially in mirror image relationship with the configuration of the first relief structure shaped in the first region, wherein the second relief structure in incident light has an optical effect which is different in the front view and in the rear view.
  • first region and the second region of the structure layer form mutually interlocking rasters.
  • the regions can apparently be arranged one over the other without interfering with each other. In that case there is only ever the one region that is visible, with the other region being invisible.
  • the respective visible region appears as a homogeneous region.
  • the raster width is ⁇ 300 ⁇ m, preferably 50 ⁇ m.
  • first region and the second region form mutually interlocked linear rasters. It is however also possible to provide any other raster principle, for example a dot raster with square pixels.
  • a further advantageous configuration provides that the relief structure of the first and/or second region is in the form of a blaze grating.
  • the blaze grating is a diffraction grating.
  • d the wavelength ⁇ and the diffraction order n, there is the following relationship between the entrance angle ⁇ in and the exit angle ⁇ out :
  • polychromatic light such as for example daylight is broken down into its basic colours by diffraction at the blaze grating.
  • the blaze grating can be in the form of an achromatic blaze grating in which the coloured rays at least of the first diffraction order are brought together again in a viewing angle range and thus polychromatic light again issues from the blaze grating.
  • about 90% of the incident light can be diffracted in the form of a focused beam whereby the image effect is of a particularly high-contrast nature. It is from that property that the name of the grating is derived.
  • the blaze grating is in the form of an achromatic blaze grating with a grating constant of 20 ⁇ m to 3 ⁇ m, preferably of 10 ⁇ m, and is of a profile depth of from 0.3 ⁇ m to 5 ⁇ m, preferably 1.5 ⁇ m. In dependence on the profile depth higher diffraction orders can produce a higher level of intensity than the first diffraction order.
  • the blaze grating is a chromatic blaze grating with a grating constant of less than 2 ⁇ m, preferably 1 ⁇ m. In that case the blaze grating lights up upon being illuminated with daylight, when being tilted, in the colours of the rainbow.
  • the blaze grating is held in such a way that the flanks of finite slope diffract the incident light and deflect it into an eye of an observer. Therefore the effect only ever occurs at the first or the second relief structure, in dependence on the viewing direction, wherein the two relief structures can be of the same configuration and can be arranged in mirror-image relationship with each other. In that case only one respective relief structure is so oriented that the light diffracted thereby passes into the eye of the observer and in that way renders visible the region which is filled with the relief structure.
  • the structure layer is coated at least region-wise with a reflecting metallic layer.
  • the metallic layer forms a reflection layer which presents a markedly improved degree of reflection in comparison with the interface reflection at the interface between two layers with different refractive indices.
  • the interface can also be for example an outer face of a layer, which adjoins air.
  • the interface reflection is to be observed for example at shop window panes which can hinder a view of the goods presented behind the shop window pane. That interface reflection is markedly polarisation- and angle-dependent.
  • a further point of disadvantage is that for example oil or water deposited on the surface of the structure layer impedes interface reflection because oil and water can have approximately the same refractive index as the structure layer. Wear and tear and surface cracks can adversely affect a non-coated structure layer in regard to its optical action. Finally there is the disadvantage that an effect based on interface reflection can be copied by galvanic shaping.
  • the reflecting metallic layer is formed portion-wise from different materials, in particular to produce different colours, and preferably the first region is coated with a first metallic layer and the second region is coated with a second metallic layer.
  • the metals can be for example aluminium or gold so that the structure layer appears silver when viewed from one side and golden when viewed from the other side. It can also be provided that two metallic layers are arranged in mutually superposed relationship so that the one metallic layer is visible from the one side and the other metallic layer is visible from the other side.
  • an Al-layer can be coated in that fashion with a Cu-layer.
  • the metallic layer has opaque regions in a pattern form. Such a feature can form a further security feature which is difficult to imitate.
  • the opaque metal layer regions are formed in such a thickness that they do not appear transparent in transillumination, for example being of a thickness of 400 nm. In particular however the thickness is only about 50 nm.
  • the metallic layer is formed at least region-wise of such a thickness that it appears transparent in transillumination.
  • a transparent metallic layer is of a thickness of a few nm, for example 20 nm.
  • the optimum value is material-dependent and wavelength-dependent and can preferably be ascertained by tests because of the complex relationships of the influencing parameters.
  • a layer which is transparent in the transillumination mode is particularly effective as unexpectedly in incident light different representations are visible in dependence on the side involved. It is particularly well copy-protected.
  • the degree of transparency also depends on the depth-to-width ratio of the relief structure arranged under the metallic layer.
  • HRI high refractive index
  • the dielectric layer can be for example a protective lacquer which is applied by printing or by a wiper device and which completely fills up the relief structures of the structure layer.
  • the first relief structure or the second relief structure is a diffractive relief structure which is formed starting from a reference point in at least two directions with changing spatial frequency or depth and to which a reflection layer is applied.
  • the flank slope of the asymmetrical relief structure also changes, that is to say a flank angle between the flank and a main plane which is parallel to the surface of the relief structure increases with increasing flank slope or flank steepness.
  • the spatial frequency increases starting from the reference point, preferably continuously increases. The flank steepness thus increases towards the edge of the relief structure.
  • the inclined flanks can also be portions of steady curves.
  • the above-described relief structure can act as a hollow mirror.
  • a diffractive relief structure acting as a hollow mirror appears as a convex mirror considered from the one side and a concave mirror considered from the other side. That effect is to be observed for example on a coffee spoon.
  • the hollow mirror effect however can also be observed on an uncoated transparent or partially transparent relief structure if the refractive indices of the structure layer and the adjoining medium sufficiently differ from each other.
  • the structure layer has a third region which exhibits the same optical effect when viewed from the front side and from the rear side.
  • a region can act as a background region.
  • the third region is provided with a symmetrical diffractive relief structure, for example being in the form of a hologram or a KINEGRAM®.
  • symmetry is not used here in the strictly mathematical sense but to distinguish from asymmetrical relief structures which are described hereinbefore.
  • Relief structures are also identified as symmetrical which, upon folding at a line of symmetry, cannot be brought completely into coincident relationship, but the flanks thereof differ so little from each other in the magnitude of their slope that the described, viewing-dependent optical effect does not occur.
  • the third region is in the form of a matt structure or a thin layer system.
  • the matt structure is a diffusively light-scattering relief structure which therefore appears matt.
  • Such a relief structure can typically involve a structure depth of ⁇ 10 ⁇ m.
  • a Fourier hologram or a computer-generated hologram, referred to as a kinoform, with a concealed feature can also act as a matt structure. The function thereof is to project a concealed feature in a reflection or a transmission mode.
  • Thin layer systems are formed from a sequence of thin layers of a thickness of ⁇ /2 or ⁇ /4 respectively and present tilt angle-dependent colour effects.
  • a liquid crystal layer is arranged in the third region.
  • a region can be for example in the form of a black region or a multi-colour region or may only be visible in the UV or infrared range or may give the impression of a precious stone.
  • the regions of the security element are in register relationship with each other and/or with regions of the security document.
  • a further configuration provides that the security document is a multi-layer film body with a transparent carrier layer.
  • the carrier layer can be a transparent polymer film of a layer thickness of about 70 ⁇ m.
  • the security element is a transfer layer of a transfer film.
  • the structure layer is an outer layer of the security document or a portion of an outer layer of the security document.
  • the structure layer can therefore be an integral constituent part of the security document and in that case can be arranged in a transparent region of the security document.
  • Such a configuration can advantageously be provided if the security document is a plastic card.
  • the structure layer is an inner layer of the security document or a portion of an inner layer of the security document. In that way the structure layer is protected particularly well and is not accessible to manipulation from the outside.
  • the structure layer can also be detectable by touch and in that way form a further security feature. In that respect it can also give rise to a tactile impression which is different on the front side and on the rear side.
  • FIGS. 1 a and 1 b show a first example of use of a security document according to the invention
  • FIG. 2 shows a diagrammatic view on an enlarged scale of the security document of FIGS. 1 a and 1 b ,
  • FIG. 3 a shows a diagrammatic view of the relief structure in section along section line IIIa-IIIa in FIG. 2 ,
  • FIG. 3 b shows a diagrammatic view of the relief structure in section along section line IIIb-IIIb in FIG. 2 ,
  • FIG. 4 a shows a diagrammatic view of the function of the relief structure in FIG. 3 a when viewing from the front side
  • FIG. 4 b shows a diagrammatic view of the function of the relief structure in FIG. 3 b when viewing from the front side
  • FIG. 5 a shows a diagrammatic view of the function of the relief structure in FIG. 3 a when viewing from the rear side
  • FIG. 5 b shows a diagrammatic view of the function of the relief structure in FIG. 3 b when viewing from the rear side
  • FIG. 6 a shows a diagrammatic view in section illustrating a first example of an arrangement of the relief structure of a security element
  • FIG. 6 b shows a diagrammatic view in section illustrating a second example of an arrangement of the relief structure of a security element
  • FIG. 6 c shows a diagrammatic view in section illustrating a third example of an arrangement of the relief structure of a security element
  • FIG. 6 d shows a diagrammatic view in section illustrating a fourth example of an arrangement of the relief structure of a security element
  • FIGS. 7 a and 7 b show a second example of use of a security document according to the invention
  • FIG. 8 a shows a diagrammatic view in section of a curved mirror produced from an asymmetrical relief structure
  • FIG. 8 b shows a second diagrammatic view in section of a curved mirror produced from an asymmetrical relief structure on an enlarged scale
  • FIG. 9 a shows a diagrammatic view of the function of the relief structure in FIG. 8 when viewing from the front side
  • FIG. 9 b shows a diagrammatic view of the function of the relief structure in FIG. 8 when viewing from the rear side
  • FIGS. 10 a to 10 c show a third example of use of a security document according to the invention.
  • FIGS. 1 a and 1 b show a security document 1 with a transparent security element 12 as a front view and a rear view respectively.
  • the security document 1 is a value-bearing document, for example a banknote or a cheque.
  • the security document 1 it is also possible for the security document 1 to form an identification document, for example a pass.
  • the security document 1 comprises a flexible carrier 11 on which the transparent security element 12 is arranged in a region 14 .
  • the carrier 11 is preferably a carrier consisting of paper material which is provided with printing thereon and into which further security features are introduced, for example watermarks or security threads.
  • a non-flexible carrier 11 such as for example that may be the case with ID-cards, passport inserts and the like.
  • the carrier 11 is a plastic film or a laminate comprising one or more paper and plastic layers.
  • a window-shaped opening is formed in the carrier 11 , for example by stamping.
  • the opening is then closed again by application of the transparent security element 12 .
  • the security document 1 has in the region 14 a transparent window with the transparent security element 12 .
  • a transparent or partly transparent material is already used as the material for the carrier 11 and the carrier can thus remain in the region 14 . That is the case for example if the carrier 11 comprises a transparent plastic film which is not provided with a clouding layer in the region 14 . Furthermore it is also possible for the transparent window to be already produced in production of the paper and for the transparent security element 12 to be introduced into the carrier 11 in the manner of a wide security thread.
  • the letter ‘F’ can be seen on the security element 12 when viewing the front side of the security document 1 .
  • the letter ‘T’ is to be seen on the security element 12 when viewing the rear side of the security document 1 .
  • FIG. 2 shows a diagrammatic view on an enlarged scale of the security element 12 of FIGS. 1 a and 1 b.
  • the security element 12 has a F-shaped region 12 f and a T-shaped region 12 t which are in mutually interlocking relationship and which are formed from raster lines 13 f and 13 t respectively.
  • the raster lines are at a spacing of about 50 ⁇ m relative to each other and are between 5 mm and 20 mm long.
  • the raster lines 13 f of the F-shaped region 12 f are emphasised by simple hatching and the raster lines 13 t of the T-shaped region 12 t are emphasised by cross hatching.
  • the raster lines 13 f , 13 t are not to be separated from each other when viewed without optical aids, that is to say from a typical viewing distance of 250 mm, so that both the F-shaped region 12 f and also the T-shaped region 12 t appear to be homogeneous regions to a viewing person.
  • x, y, z-coordinate systems are shown in FIGS. 2 , 3 a , 3 b , 4 a , 4 b , 5 a , 5 b and 9 a , 9 b .
  • the x-axis and the y-axis denote the surface of the security element 12 and the z-axis denotes the heightwise extent.
  • FIG. 3 a is now a diagrammatic view in section through the security element 12 along a raster line 13 f .
  • the optical action of the raster line 13 f of the security element 12 is caused by two adjacent structure layers 16 and 17 which have different optical refractive indices n 16 and n 17 respectively.
  • a relief structure 16 f provided in the interface between the two structure layers 16 and 17 can deploy its optical effect.
  • the structure layer 17 arranged on the structure layer 16 can also be formed by air or another ambient medium. What is decisive in regard to the optical effect which is described hereinafter and which is based on reflection at the relief structure 16 is an adequate difference in the refractive indices n 16 and n 17 :
  • a reflection layer can advantageously be provided on the relief structure 16 f , for example consisting of Ag, Al, Au, Rh, Cu, Cr, Ti, TiO 2 or ZnS or the structure layer 17 can be formed with a high refractive index.
  • the structure layer 16 is at the same time a carrier layer into which the relief structure 16 f is formed for example by means of hot stamping and that the structure layer 17 is formed for example by a protective lacquer or adhesive which is applied over the full surface area by printing or by a wiper device.
  • the relief structure 16 f is of a sawtooth-shaped periodic configuration. In that way it forms a blaze grating which is characterised in that a given diffraction order of the incident light appears particularly light or that a given incidence and reflection angle gives a particularly great level of lightness.
  • a portion of the relief structure 16 f is further described by way of example, which extends in the region x 1 to x 2 and in which the relief structure falls continuously from a starting height z 1 to a final height Z 2 .
  • a first flank 16 fa includes an angle ⁇ , the so-called blaze angle, with the x-axis.
  • Formed at the point x 2 is a second flank 16 fs which extends parallel to the z-axis and at which the relief structure 16 f goes back up to the starting height z 1 .
  • the section x 1 x 2 denotes the grating constant d of the relief structure 16 f . It is 10 ⁇ m in the illustrated embodiment.
  • the spatial frequency f of the relief structure 16 f can be calculated as follows from the grating constant d:
  • the height z l z 2 of the second flank 16 fs denotes the profile depth of the relief structure 16 f . It is 1.5 ⁇ m in the illustrated embodiment.
  • FIG. 3 b is now a similar diagrammatic view to FIG. 3 a , showing a section through the security element 12 along the raster line 13 t .
  • the structure layer 16 in the region of the raster line 13 t has a relief structure 16 t which differs from the relief structure 16 f in FIG. 3 a in that there is a first flank 16 ta with a positive rise, that is to say between x 1 and x 2 it rises continuously from the starting height z 1 to the final height Z 2 and falls along a vertical second flank 16 ts at the point x 2 to the starting height z 1 again.
  • the first flank 16 ta includes a blaze angle ⁇ ′ with the x-axis.
  • the comparison between the relief structures 16 f and 16 t as shown in FIGS. 3 a and 3 b shows that the relief structure 16 t is a relief structure 16 f which is mirrored at the z-axis, in which respect both relief structures have the same blaze angle in terms of magnitude.
  • the relief structures 16 f and 16 t respectively shown in FIGS. 3 a and 3 b are of such dimensions that the incident polychromatic light, for example daylight, is split up in such a way that the coloured partial rays produced at the relief structure overlap and again form a colourless beam.
  • This therefore involves an achromatic blaze grating which in the illustrated embodiment, as indicated hereinbefore, has a grating constant of 10 ⁇ m and a profile depth of 1.5 ⁇ m. It can reflect in a limited angular range over 90% of the light radiated thereon and thus forms a very high level of contrast.
  • FIGS. 4 a and 4 b now show the action of the above-described relief structures.
  • FIG. 4 a shows a diagrammatic view in section of the security document 1 (see FIG. 1 ), the front side of which is illuminated by a light source 40 .
  • the security element 12 is arranged in the window 14 of the security document 1 , FIG. 4 a showing the section through a strip-shaped portion into which the relief structure 18 f is shaped.
  • the first flanks 16 fa of the relief structure 16 f deflect beams emitted by the light source 40 into an eye 42 of a viewer.
  • the beams emitted by the light source 40 include an angle of 30° with the viewing direction of the viewer.
  • the viewing direction of the viewer is directed perpendicularly on to the surface of the security document 1 .
  • FIG. 4 b now shows the action of the relief structure 16 t whose rising first flanks 16 ta deflect the light from the light source 40 past the eye 42 of the viewer. Consequently no beams pass from the T-shaped region 12 t of the security element 12 (see FIG. 2 ) into the eye 42 of the viewer and the ‘T’ is not visible.
  • FIGS. 5 a and 5 b now show the mode of operation of the security element 12 when the security document 1 is turned through 180° about the x-axis so that its rear side is lit by the light source 40 .
  • An angle of 30° is included between the eye 42 of the viewer and the beams emanating from the light source 40 , as illustrated hereinbefore in FIGS. 4 a and 4 b.
  • FIG. 5 b the first flanks 16 ta of the relief structure 16 f have been moved into such a position that they fall like the first flanks 16 fa in FIG. 4 a .
  • the beams from the light source 40 are deflected into the eye 42 of the viewer and the letter ‘T’ stands out in brightly lit form from its surroundings.
  • FIGS. 4 a to 5 b therefore show that the transparent security element, depending on the viewing direction from the front side or from the rear side, provides different optical information, in the illustrated example the letters ‘F’ or ‘T’.
  • Such a security feature is particularly effective because it is contrary to the ‘sound human understanding’ that different characters appear on a transparent surface, depending on the side from which the transparent surface is viewed.
  • the relief structures 16 f and 16 t are of different dimensions, for example they differ from each other in the grating constant and/or the profile depth. It can for example be provided that the relief structure 16 f forms an achromatic blaze grating and the relief structure 16 t forms a chromatic blaze grating.
  • the relief structure 26 t can have a grating constant of 1 ⁇ m. In that way the region 12 t appears as a region which shimmers in the spectral colours.
  • FIGS. 6 a to 6 d now show embodiments of a structure layer 66 which on its top side has a relief structure 66 r which is provided in a transparent security element 62 in the interface between the structure layer 66 and a layer 66 k arranged thereon, for example an adhesive layer.
  • the two layers involve different refractive indices, as described in detail hereinbefore with reference to FIGS. 2 to 5 b .
  • the structure layer 66 can be for example a hot stamping layer.
  • the relief structure 66 r can be coated with Al or ZnS. It can therefore be provided that firstly the relief structure 66 r is shaped into the hot stamping layer, the relief structure then being coated with Al or ZnS, and finally the coated relief structure 66 r is covered over with the adhesive layer 66 k.
  • FIG. 6 a shows a carrier 60 which for example can be of a material in paper form and can be provided with a window-shaped opening 60 f over which the security element 62 is arranged. In that way the security element 62 can be viewed both from its front side and also from its rear side.
  • FIG. 6 b shows a carrier 61 which is in the form of a multi-layer body. In that respect for example it may involve an identity card or a plastic banknote which is laminated from a plurality of layers.
  • the carrier 61 has a transparent window region 61 t on which the security element 62 is arranged on the front side of the carrier 61 .
  • the security element 62 can be viewed both from its front side and also through the transparent window region 61 t of the carrier 61 from its rear side.
  • FIG. 6 c now shows a carrier 63 which is in the form of a multi-layer body and which, as in FIG. 6 b , can be an identity card which is laminated from a plurality of layers. Regions of two layers arranged in the interior of the carrier 63 now form the security element 62 . In that region, all other layers of the carrier 63 are transparent so that the security element 62 can be viewed both from its front side and also from its rear side. As described hereinbefore the layer 66 k can be an adhesive layer.
  • FIG. 6 d shows a carrier 64 which, like the carriers 61 and 63 described with reference to FIGS. 6 b and 6 c respectively, forms a multi-layer body.
  • the relief structure 66 r is now shaped into the uppermost layer of the carrier 64 and thus forms a security element 62 ′ which comprises only one layer.
  • the cover layer necessary for the optical function, having a different refractive index, is formed by the air surrounding the security element 64 .
  • the relief structure 66 r can at the same time form a tactile security feature.
  • the surface of the relief structure 66 r is covered with a metallic reflection layer which is a few nm thick, to improve the reflection of the surface of the relief structure 66 r .
  • a thin metallic layer appears more or less transparent so that the optical security feature of the security element 62 or 62 ′ respectively is not perceptible in a transillumination mode.
  • FIGS. 7 a and 7 b show a second embodiment of a security element according to the invention, with an asymmetrical relief structure.
  • FIG. 7 a shows a security document 7 having a security element 72 as a front view while FIG. 7 b shows a rear view of the security document 7 .
  • the security document 7 is a value-bearing document, for example a banknote or a cheque.
  • the security document 7 comprises a flexible carrier 71 having a window-shaped opening 74 which is closed again by the application of the transparent security element 72 .
  • the carrier 71 can be fashioned like the carrier 11 described with reference to FIGS. 1 a and 1 b.
  • a graphic representation in the form of a region 72 a is to be seen on the security element 72 , when viewing the front side of the security document 7 .
  • the region 72 a is arranged in a region 72 b .
  • the two regions differ from each other in terms of their brightness and/or colour when the security document is viewed under incident light, in the manner described with reference to FIGS. 4 a and 4 b .
  • the two regions involve the same asymmetrical relief structure, the relief structure in the region 72 b being rotated through 180° about the y-axis with respect to the relief structure shaped in the region 72 a . They may however also involve different asymmetrical relief structures which light up in a similar angular range.
  • the region 72 a When viewing the rear side of the security document 7 as shown in FIG. 7 b , the region 72 a is now oriented in such a way that the light reflected by its sawtooth flanks passes into the eye of the viewer. Therefore the region 72 a now lights up in a light condition and the region 72 b appears dark. It will be seen by comparing FIGS. 7 a and 7 b that the graphic representation on the security element 72 on the rear side is not only in mirror-image reversed relationship in relation to the graphic representation which can be seen on the front side, but that a contrast reversal is also visible.
  • the relief structures provided in the regions 72 a and 72 b in FIGS. 7 a and 7 b have a grating constant of about 1 ⁇ m. They therefore deflect the diffracted light in different directions in dependence on the wavelength of the light so that the regions 72 a and 72 b respectively light up in the colours of the rainbow when illuminated with daylight.
  • Such relief structures can also be used under disadvantageous illumination conditions, for example under diffuse illumination. They can be used in the manner of watermarks in the present KINEGRAM® designs and therefore can also be referred to as diffractive watermarks. They can be imitated only with very great difficulty, if at all, by symmetrical relief structures, for example of a sine-square configuration. It can therefore be provided that the security element 72 , outside the regions 72 a and 72 b , is in the form of a KINEGRAM® which forms an image background which gives the same optical impression both when viewed from the front side and also from the rear side.
  • both relief structures involve asymmetrical relief structures. It can however also be provided that only one of the two relief structures is of an asymmetrical configuration and the second relief structure is a symmetrical relief structure, a matt structure or simply a flat surface.
  • sawtooth is used here in connection with the asymmetrical relief structure, it is not limited to relief structures with a constant flank width x 1 x 2 or flanks which are in the form of straight lines. It can also involve flanks which can be described by non-linear functions if the first flank differs from the following second flank, that is to say the two flanks are not of mutually symmetrical configuration. It can further involve relief structures in which the flank width increases or decreases over the extent thereof, that is to say in which the spatial frequency is not constant and/or the depth varies.
  • FIG. 8 a shows a transparent security element 92 with a structure layer 96 having a relief structure 96 a which produces the visual impression of a lens or a hollow mirror.
  • the relief structure 96 r is an asymmetrical relief structure whose flank width or period length increases or decreases over the extent thereof and the flanks of which are of a non-linear nature. The same effect however can also be achieved with linear flanks and generally with diffractive relief structures with a non-constant spatial frequency.
  • the change in the spatial frequency and/or depth is related at the same time to a change in the flank steepness, that is to say the flank steepness increases with increasing spatial frequency, as shown in detail hereinafter in FIG. 8 b.
  • the structure layer 96 is covered with a structure layer 97 .
  • the structure layer 97 can be for example a protective lacquer layer. It can however also be a layer with a high refractive index so that the degree of reflection of the relief structure 96 r is improved. It can therefore be provided that the difference between the refractive indices of the two structure layers 96 and 97 is high, for example 0.8. It can further be provided that the structure layer 97 is a hot stamping layer and the structure layer 96 is an adhesive layer or vice-versa.
  • FIG. 8 b now shows a view on an enlarged scale of a transparent security element 92 ′ having a structure layer 96 ′ having an asymmetrical relief structure 96 r ′ whose period length increases or decreases over the extent thereof.
  • ⁇ 1 is a flank angle of an inwardly disposed flank
  • ⁇ 2 is a flank angle of a further outwardly disposed flank.
  • the spatial frequency rises with falling period length for the spatial frequency is inversely proportional to the period length or flank width.
  • the relief structure 96 r can act as a convex or a concave hollow mirror.
  • Design elements such as images or graphics, logos or text can be arranged visibly for the viewer by means of the hollow mirror over or under the surface of the security element.
  • FIGS. 9 a and 9 b describe that optical effect in greater detail.
  • FIG. 9 a shows a security document 9 provided with the transparent security element 92 described with reference to FIG. 8 a .
  • the security document 9 comprises a flexible carrier 91 on which the security element 92 is arranged in a window-shaped opening 94 .
  • the carrier 91 can be like the carrier 11 described with reference to FIGS. 1 a and 1 b .
  • the region 94 it has a window-shaped opening which is closed again by application of the security element 92 .
  • the relief structure 96 r of the structure layer 96 is covered with a thin metallic layer 96 m in the embodiment illustrated in FIGS. 9 a and 9 b to improve reflection.
  • the metallic layer 96 m is a few nm in thickness and therefore appears transparent in light shining therethrough. It does however reflect incident light.
  • a non-transparent metallic layer can also be present in region-wise manner.
  • the security element 92 forms a convex hollow mirror which produces a reduced-scale virtual image in the eye 42 of the viewer of an object arranged in front of the hollow mirror, the virtual image being behind the surface of the carrier 91 .
  • the object can be for example an image or graphics or a text or an OVD which is arranged at a suitable spacing from the surface of the carrier.
  • the spacing which is selected substantially in accordance with the focal length of the hollow mirror can be produced for example by a transparent carrier layer of suitable thickness.
  • the object is to be arranged in a second window-shaped opening in the security document 9 and the second window-shaped opening is brought into such a position, by folding the security document 9 , that the object, the image of which is to be produced in the hollow mirror, is over the window-shaped opening 94 .
  • FIG. 9 b now shows the security document 9 after rotation through 180°, that is to say the eye 42 of the viewer is now directed on to the rear side of the security element 92 .
  • the relief structure 96 r now simulates a concave hollow mirror.
  • the hollow mirror produces a magnified real image of an object arranged in front of the hollow mirror, the real image being in front of the surface of the carrier 91 .
  • FIGS. 10 a to 10 c now show an example of use of the above-described security element 92 in three successive manufacturing steps.
  • FIG. 10 a shows a security document 10 comprising a flexible carrier 101 which after the first manufacturing step has a window-shaped opening 104 .
  • the security document 10 is a banknote.
  • FIG. 10 b now shows the security document 10 to which a security strip 103 is applied after the second manufacturing step.
  • the security strip 103 has a security element 102 which covers over the window-shaped opening 104 provided in the flexible carrier 101 .
  • An image of a butterfly is applied on the layer arranged in front of the diffractive relief structure and on the side, remote from the relief structure, of the other structure layer (see references 97 and 96 in FIG. 8 ) of the security element 102 . Because of the action in the form of a hollow mirror of the relief structure of the security element 102 , the butterfly appears to stand out or hover under or over the surface of the security document 10 depending on viewing from the front or from the rear of the security document 10 . That optical impression is still further increased on the front side of the security document 10 by the security strip 103 being printed upon with graphic representations 105 which inter alia form optical reference points.
  • FIG. 10 c shows the security document 10 after completion thereof.
  • a graphic security element 106 which is so applied that it covers over a region of the security strip 103 and is therefore destroyed upon detachment of the security strip 103 .

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